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Synonymous with drawing emo, post-hardcore, and pop-punk rising expertise to the floor for his or her time on the mainstream radar, Rise Records’ historical past books path again to Nevada City, California in 1991. What started as a pre-college undertaking for talent-spotter Craig Ericson would later change into a family identify of their area, fostering the rise of bands on both finish of the musical spectrum, from Attack Attack! to Spiritbox.
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In celebration of the label’s decades-long time within the highlight, we’ve curated a set of Rise Records’ final signings, whether or not short-lived or enduring the artist’s whole profession on the scene.
Spiritbox
Iwrestledabearonce’s loss turned Spiritbox’s acquire as husband and spouse duo Courtney LaPlante and Mike Stringer minimize free seeking their very own artistic paths. Forged in 2016, it will take the Canadian outfit 5 years to pursue full-length domination with Rise Records on the helm for his or her debut, Eternal Blue, in 2021. Not content material with setting the metallic world alight with the strongest debut the scene has witnessed in years, Spiritbox’s genre-busting trajectory reveals no indicators of waning as they dominate stay phases with an strategy that refuses to be positioned into any field.
AFI
While we by no means anticipated haunting acoustics and sinister synths to bleed into AFI over from vocalist Davey Havok’s aspect undertaking Blaqk Audio, their first launch by way of Rise has proved that even a cloak of new-wave thriller fits the emo landmark outfit. Eleven albums into their trendsetting profession, 2021’s Bodies challenged followers’ expectations of the band that when soundtracked all people’s emo part as they journeyed by way of post-punk inflections akin to Gary Numan. After all, each emo has to develop up finally… don’t they?
Crown the Empire
If you discover the profitable components, keep it up. Rise mainstays Crown the Empire’s fateful singing to the label in 2012 set their course for achievement with their debut outing, The Fallout. Five data in, the four-piece have settled neatly into the Rise fold whereas exploring the boundaries of their creativity, usually escaping the confines of their theatrical, larger-than-life metalcore.
Mayday Parade
While it appeared as if Mayday Parade would belong to Fearless Records perpetually, 2018’s Sunnyland proved they didn’t want to change their signature sound to soar ships to Rise. Remaining true to their singalong roots, every emotionally charged lyric and hovering guitar sounds as usually Mayday Parade as ever. 2021’s What It Means To Fall Apart cemented their willpower to polish their gut-wrenching pop-punk trademark for a contemporary viewers that by no means grew out of their emo phases.
The Early November
Joining the Rise Records fold in 2012 for his or her third album, In Currents, alternative-rock outfit the Early November introduced their contemplative cries and emo inflections to the desk and obtained a heat welcome. Three years later, Imbue expressed overflowing rage alongside introspective anguish, as if these reverse ends of the spectrum come as an inseparable pair. Although 2019’s Lilac referred to as time on their relationship with the label, there’s no mistaking their nice output throughout their tenure.
Angels & Airwaves
Just while you thought Angels & Airwaves was a mere love affair of a aspect undertaking for Tom DeLonge, 2021’s Lifeforms revived the conspiracy for his or her sixth full-length dive into outer house. Signing to Rise and returning to their post-punk origins, Lifeforms is the sound of the San Diego unit inching as shut to the borderline with blink-182’s trademark sound as they will whereas exploring limitless subjects of their lyricism. From diving into the depths of gripping conspiracy theories and political opinions to dissecting DeLonge’s feelings from his divorce two years prior, their future throughout the Rise fold is shiny and appropriately extraterrestrial.
Mothica
The TikTook era veers away from label signings in favor of autonomous promotion and self-governance. However, Mothica needn’t concern being held down by the label she’s chosen to channel her electrifying, genre-sweeping expertise. Refusing to be pigeonholed into pop, rock, or emo, the rising star signed to Rise for her sophomore album, Nocturnal. It’s an all-encompassing journey by way of her musical inspirations, in addition to a step-by-step information to crafting a track that can follow listeners for days on finish.
Knuckle Puck
Chicago’s personal pop-punk heartbreakers Knuckle Puck took a leaf from their style’s historical past books by releasing a staggering six EPs earlier than taking the plunge right into a full-length debut. As a end result, Copacetic arrived in 2015 on the excellent time for a band approaching musical and lyrical maturity as its members reached their 20s. A fateful signing to Rise in 2014 simply in time for this foray into full-length data paved the way in which for an album now thought-about a pop-punk landmark by many — significantly for those who like gut-wrenching, genre-hopping tracks at practically eight minutes lengthy. The band appear to have discovered a cushty spot underneath the Rise umbrella, having remained with the label by way of all three studio albums.
Circa Survive
Vocalist Anthony Green’s phrases on lead single “Imposter Syndrome” inform the story of Circa Survive’s full-length Rise debut — “Writing this either helped save me or almost killed me. I can’t figure out which yet.” 2022’s Two Dreams explored tough emotional depths by way of a much more fragile tone than their earlier six studio ventures. Although the method of such weak writing would lead the band to name time on their 18-year historical past with an indefinite hiatus that very same 12 months, Two Dreams was an outstanding swan track for the band that at all times cast their very own path.
From First To Last
We’re not saying Throne to the Wolves was the catalyst for From First to Last’s short-lived hiatus that very same 12 months, however their 2010 launch was a becoming shut to what followers assumed can be the top of an period. Luckily, they couldn’t keep away for lengthy, however the monumental manufacturing and fascinating continuation of their trademark no-punches-pulled model gave listeners hope that the group had lots extra to give. While Throne to the Wolves was their first and solely Rise enterprise, capturing the trendsetters on the high of their recreation was a clever transfer.
Man Overboard
Man Overboard’s self-titled sophomore album in 2011 noticed their signing to the label the earlier 12 months pay its dividends as they took their contagious shout-alongs on tour with New Found Glory a mere two months later. Sticking with the label for his or her following two releases, Heart Attack and Heavy Love, the New Jersey pop-punk crew referred to as a hiatus in 2015 and have but to return to the studio. Sometimes the shortest tales are the best tales, and Man Overboard’s affect stays.
PVRIS
PVRIS’ signing to Rise in 2014 introduced the scene some much-needed, vibrant new blood. Armed with a storming debut in White Noise, the brainchild of Lynn Gunn made fairly the impression. Continuing underneath the Rise umbrella for 2017’s All We Know of Heaven, All We Know of Hell, the outfit obtained quite a few trade awards in recognition of their modern strategy to various rock and post-hardcore.
Transit
Journeying from pop punk to indie rock with just a few pitstops impressed by their up to date emo influences, Transit took the time period “genre-fluid” as a problem and handed it with flying colours. Joining the Rise household for 2011’s emo throwback Listen & Forgive, the Boston, Massachusetts outfit embraced the liberty to discover the music they cherished as followers in addition to musicians. Two emotionally pushed ventures later, the band referred to as time on their decade-long profession, closing their chapter on a excessive with 2014’s alternative-leaning Joyride and leaving listeners with an much more poignant catalog in gentle of guitarist Tim Landers’ passing in 2019.
At the Drive-In
Seventeen years away from the studio reinvigorated At the Drive-In’s ardour for his or her craft, signing to Rise in 2017 for an appropriate punk-esque resurrection on in•ter a•li•a. In retrieving the enjoyable components of recording and collective expertise for a band that had spent the higher a part of twenty years aside, their fourth studio enterprise additionally tackled hard-hitting topics in their very own inimitable, no-punches-pulled method. Although the band introduced an indefinite hiatus the subsequent 12 months, this formidable swan track captured what At The Drive-In do best — pressure listeners to face laborious truths within the medium of artsy post-hardcore.
PUP
In partnership with the Toronto punks’ personal label Little Dipper, PUP’s first launch on Rise, Morbid Stuff, was their most polished but. Stacked with their very own sardonic, self-deprecating verve, PUP explored the liberty to be as bleakly actual as potential with no compromise in sight. Let’s face it: Any band that may get the EP title This Place Sucks Ass previous a document label deserves a medal. 2022’s The Unravelling of PUPTheBand solely furthered their mission: have enjoyable, start chaos, and attract new followers alongside the way in which.
Bouncing Souls
At its core, pop punk ought to actually be chaotic, energetic, and contagious sufficient to ring by way of your thoughts for days. For two gloriously summer-like albums, Bouncing Souls joined the Rise household in collaboration with their private label Chunksaah. 2012’s Comet, their ninth album, noticed their singalongs mature to mirror their acquired pop-punk knowledge. That bled into 2016’s Simplicity earlier than the outfit departed the fold at Rise, having banked two constantly true-to-form data.
Attack Attack!
Arguably probably the most definitive Rise outfit, Attack Attack! turned synonymous with the label. Shaping the screamo subgenre round their very own signature vocal model (and the way to crouch whereas holding a guitar — we’ve all seen “Stick Stickly”), the band blasted the scene with relentless riffs and inimitable screams for 3 Rise-branded data earlier than dipping on the high of their recreation in 2013. For a bunch that performed such an important half within the DNA of the label, we merely couldn’t listing Rise artists with out handing a trophy to the band that introduced the label to prominence on the top of the emo golden age.
Polyphia
Polyphia’s fourth studio journey in instrumental artistry, and their first with Rise, Remember That You Will Die, was jam-packed with unpredictable visitor spots. That included Deftones’ Chino Moreno, Steve Vai, and rapper Snot to craft a well-rounded album that appears like a real expertise from begin to end. Reflecting listeners’ approval, the album climbed the Billboard Top 200 to No. 33 and proved that their experimentalism, and transfer to Rise, paid off handsomely for the progressive set.
The Distillers
From an iconic look on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 to parting methods with nearly each member in 2006, it appeared, for all intents and functions, that the lifetime of the Distillers had come to a detailed. However, as followers will know, this band don’t conform to linear expectations, and a return in 2018 got here seemingly out of the blue. Signing to Rise for his or her first stay album, 2021’s Live In Lockdown, it appeared even COVID-19 couldn’t maintain the LA punks away from the studio after practically 20 years, dragging the likes of “Sick of It All” and “City of Angels” into the 2020s. Whether this alerts a long-term future for Brody Dalle’s anarchic brainchild stays to be seen however is extremely anticipated.
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